I have to fix this,” I told him, as clearly and calmly as I could. “If you want to help me, then help me. Don’t shield me, don’t protect me, don’t bury me alive. Help me .

Pritkin and Mircea mixed like oil and water, only not so well.

I wasn't entirely sure, but a polite John Pritkin might be a sign of the apocalypse.

He had the look of an atheist who’d just had a visit from God: stunned, disbelieving and faintly ill.

He wasn't that good looking, he had the social skills of a wet cat and the patience of a caffeinated hummingbird

There are things we want, and things we may have.... Sanity lies in knowing the difference.

And why not?” “You know why! This is a bad idea.” “Perhaps I like a challenge.” “Perhaps you’re a glutton for punishment!” “Perhaps I am in love.

Fresh blood at midnight isn't red. It's a purplish black that easily blends into the shadows.

We're going jogging." "I don't run for recreation. I run when someone's after me with a weapon." "That can be arranged.

Prevarication, how divine! I always did get along better with sinners.

No they called it the Codex Merlini because it was written by a guy named Ralph.

Oh what a blamed uncertain thing This pesky weather is It blew and snew and then it thew And now by jing it's friz.

Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.

I hope to soon be in contact with the man who is searching for Noah's ark.

The EU must be able to act with the speed and flexibility of a network, not the cumbersome rigidity of a bloc.

Using adverbs is a mortal sin.

We live in a society today where these children can be wanted children. Even if you don't want to keep this child after you've had it, there's plenty of young couples out there, that want children.

I learnt how to hunt rattlesnakes with an eagle for Serena.

It wouldn't be New Year's without a resolution. I've resolved to take a moment every day for the rest of my life to appreciate what I have.

To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.